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How Women Radio Centre is Fanning the Flames of Female Investigative Journalists in Nigeria

Blessing Oladunjoye

January 08, 2024 |

BONews |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

The Women Radio Centre (WRC) works to empower the next generation of female investigative journalists, training them on reporting tactics to prevent gender disparities and promote reporting on women’s rights, as women are often underrepresented in investigative journalism. WRC also aims to equip young, female journalists with adequate training and connect them with job, networking and story opportunities. In WRC’s second year, 40 journalists have been trained and completed the program.

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A Surprising Way to Stop Bullying

Michaela Haas

January 08, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Switzerland

Rather than prioritizing punishment, the No-Blame Approach focuses on shifting the social dynamics at the root of bullying, using group interventions to help students communicate and build empathy for one another. One study found the method effective in 87 percent of evaluated bullying cases.

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Detroit agency launches mobile mental health unit. Can it slow a revolving door?

Robin Erb

January 08, 2024 |

BridgeDetroit |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

The Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network launched a series of mobile response vans that travel to area parks, libraries and neighborhoods to address the community’s growing mental health needs. The vans are intended to more proactively reach people experiencing a mental health crisis and minimize emergency room visits and police confrontations by getting them the appropriate care.

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Do carbon credits really help communities that keep forests standing?

John C. Cannon

January 05, 2024 |

Mongabay |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Cambodia, Sen Monorom

Despite some support for the forest conservation strategy REDD+, which uses carbon credits to incentivize reducing emissions, many Indigenous organizations and communities say the strategy and general carbon market need improvement. They say the programs don’t lead to the purported benefits and must be more inclusive of those proactively protecting forests and local communities, among other things.

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Solar Pumps Are Empowering Women Farmers in India

Tanmoy Bhaduri

January 05, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Harpur, Bihar

In the Indian state of Bihar, women-led self-help groups are challenging traditional gender norms and saving money to buy and install solar irrigation pumps. The pumps increase the local agricultural capacity by providing a cleaner, more affordable alternative to the diesel pumps typically used to combat water scarcity in the region.

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Pakam's Digital Revolution As Blueprint For Edo's Environmental Renaissance

Usman Aliyu

January 05, 2024 |

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

The Pakam initiative is taking care of waste mismanagement in Lagos with a digital marketplace for waste and recyclable materials. The app pays households for their recyclables and connects those generating waste with those who collect it to ensure it’s properly disposed of.

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St. Paul, Minnesota sees city buildings as opportunity for quick wins on climate plan goals

Frank Jossi

January 05, 2024 |

Energy News Network |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

St. Paul, Minnesota, is retrofitting city-owned buildings, improving their efficiency, and swapping to renewable sources of heating and cooling to decarbonize their operations.

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The Rehab Empire Built on Cakes

Maria Hinojosa Joaquín Cotler

January 05, 2024 |

Latino USA |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Puerto Rico

Community for the Re-Education of Addicts (CREA) is a private, faith-based, abstinence-only residential program for people living with addiction. CREA has more than 150 centers throughout the U.S. and Latin America, housing between 3,000 and 5,000 residents worldwide.

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In Juneau, Alaska, a carbon offset project that's actually working

Taylor Kate Brown

January 04, 2024 |

Grist |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Juneau, Alaska

To mitigate the carbon dioxide emissions generated by tourism, the community in Juneau, Alaska, created the Alaska Carbon Reduction Fund as a type of carbon offset program. Tourists pay an emissions fee to the fund when doing certain excursions, and that money is used to install heat pumps for residents who earn less than 80 percent of the median income.

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He's spent 29 years behind bars. For the past 6 months, he's also been a college professor.

Charlotte West Jason Gonzales

January 04, 2024 |

Chalkbeat Colorado |

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Response Location: United States, Cañon City, Colorado

A new program through Adams State University hires incarcerated professors to teach in prison bachelor’s programs, providing them training and income while giving more people access to education behind bars. Students report that they prefer learning from someone who understands their experiences and is available to connect with outside of formal classes.

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